request of Jim Broshot

April 16 2013 at 8:15 PMNo score for this post

Nelson (no login) from IP address 68.231.61.232

I would be greatly surprised if you did not have a copy of Major David Buckner's 1981 A Brief History of the 10th Marines, given your interest in the artillery of that service branch. I have readily found and downloaded the .pdf version of Parts 1 and 2, each of which includes 45 pages from the booklet, and together run to page 80 of the original text. The trouble is, after much searching I still cannot find Part 3 on line, which includes the oh-so-essential Notes (begin on page 117). Do you know where I can access the third part of Buckner's work?

Re: 10th Marines history and other online assets

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April 17 2013, 8:29 AM

Jim,

Excellent stuff and thanks much. If I remember correctly, your father was a marine officer during WWII (though I cannot recall if an artillery or infantry officer). How far back does your interest in marine artillery extend? Prior to WWII? Prior to WWI? It's kind of important because I have a few more questions about marine artillery in the years not long before the first war.

father's service in USMC

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April 19 2013, 7:25 PM

Obviously I confused your dad with someone else. May I assume, then, that you have no particular knowledge of marine artillery in the days before and after WWI? Not suggesting that if so, such is in any way a negative. Any chance one of your contacts possesses such expertise?

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April 20 2013, 7:38 AM

Sorry, I have no special expertise in the area of Marine Corps artillery, except from what I may have read in various books and official publications on the Marine Corps. I have no contacts in this area. The only WW2 Marine that I know is a old gentleman who was in the 9th Marines on Guam and Iwo Jima.

I don't know if you are aware of this USMC publication?

An Annotated Bibliography Of United States Marine Corps Artillery
Author: Donnelly, Ralph W.